Available for opportunities

Aspiring
DevOps Engineer

I transform complex infrastructure into reliable, automated systems. Passionate about CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native architecture, and the philosophy that everything should be code. Currently building skills at the intersection of Dev + Ops.

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kapil@devops-portfolio:~
kapil@cloud:~$ whoami
DevOps Enthusiast | Cloud Learner | Automation Addict
kapil@cloud:~$ cat skills.txt
# Core Stack
AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform
Docker | GitHub Actions | Python
Prometheus | Grafana | Linux
kapil@cloud:~$ ./deploy.sh --env prod
✓ Pipeline triggered...
✓ Tests passed (47/47)
✓ Docker image built & pushed
✓ Deployed to Kubernetes
🚀 Production live!
kapil@cloud:~$
15+
Projects Built
5+
Certifications
2+
Years Learning
10+
Tools Mastered
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About Me

Kapil Thagunna

Hey, I'm Kapil Thagunna — a passionate DevOps enthusiast who fell in love with the idea that infrastructure should be as reliable and repeatable as software. My journey started when I realized that a well-engineered deployment pipeline could be the difference between a team shipping confidently and shipping fearfully.

Over the past 2+ years of self-directed learning, I've immersed myself in cloud platforms, container orchestration, and everything IaC. I believe in the philosophy that "if it's not automated, it's technical debt" — and I apply that mindset to every system I touch, whether it's a simple deployment script or a full multi-environment Kubernetes cluster.

Currently focused on deepening my expertise in cloud-native architectures, GitOps workflows, and observability. I love homelab experiments, contributing to open-source tooling, and helping teams move faster without sacrificing stability.

Cloud-Native Architecture
CI/CD Automation
Infrastructure as Code
Observability & SRE
Currently Learning
Service Mesh (Istio) eBPF & Cilium Platform Engineering Go for DevOps CKA Prep
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Skills & Technologies

Tools and technologies I've been building with. Proficiency levels reflect hands-on project experience.

// CI/CD Pipeline — typical workflow

Code Push
Tests
Build & Push
Staging
Production ✓

Cloud Platforms

AWS 85%
Azure 65%
GCP 50%
EC2 EKS S3 Lambda VPC RDS

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform 80%
Ansible 70%
CloudFormation 55%
HCL YAML Modules Workspaces

CI/CD & GitOps

GitHub Actions 85%
Jenkins 70%
ArgoCD 65%
GitLab CI ArgoCD Flux Webhooks

Containers & Orchestration

Docker 90%
Kubernetes 75%
Helm 65%
Podman Helm Charts k3s Kustomize

Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus 75%
Grafana 80%
ELK Stack 60%
Loki Alertmanager Jaeger Datadog

Scripting & Dev

Python 80%
Bash/Shell 85%
Go 45%
Linux Git Nginx PostgreSQL
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Featured Projects

Real-world infrastructure and automation projects. Each one solved an actual engineering problem.

CI/CD Pipeline

Multi-Env CI/CD Pipeline

Featured

Automated pipeline with GitHub Actions + Kubernetes supporting dev, staging, and prod environments. Includes rollback, canary deployments, and Slack alerts.

Reduced deploy time by 70%
GitHub Actions Kubernetes Docker Helm
Code Live Demo
Terraform + AWS

3-Tier IaC on AWS

IaC

Complete 3-tier application infrastructure on AWS using Terraform modules. VPC, ALB, ECS, RDS with auto-scaling, security groups, and remote state management.

100% infrastructure as code
Terraform AWS VPC ECS RDS
Code
Homelab Monitor

Homelab Monitoring Stack

Observability

Full observability stack with Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki running on Docker Compose. Custom dashboards, alert rules, and log aggregation from 10+ services.

Real-time alerting under 30s
Prometheus Grafana Loki Docker
Code
GitOps + ArgoCD

GitOps with ArgoCD

GitOps

Kubernetes cluster running full GitOps with ArgoCD. Multi-app deployment, RBAC configuration, automatic sync policies, and rollback on drift detection.

Zero manual k8s deployments
ArgoCD Kubernetes Helm Kustomize
Code
Serverless

Serverless Backend on AWS

Serverless

Event-driven serverless API with Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and S3. Full IaC with SAM template, CI/CD pipeline, and CloudWatch observability.

$0 infrastructure cost at rest
Lambda API Gateway DynamoDB SAM
Code
ELK + Alerting

Log Aggregation & Alerting

Logging

Centralized logging with ELK stack. Filebeat agents ship logs from 20+ microservices, Logstash parses them, and Kibana dashboards surface anomalies with PagerDuty alerting.

MTTD reduced by 60%
Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana Filebeat
Code
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Experience & Journey

DevOps Intern

Company Name Here · Remote

Month YYYY – Month YYYY
  • Designed and implemented automated CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time by 65%.
  • Containerized 5 legacy microservices using Docker and orchestrated them on Kubernetes.
  • Set up monitoring dashboards with Grafana and Prometheus, improving incident response time by 40%.
  • Wrote Terraform modules to provision dev and staging environments on AWS.
GitHub Actions Docker Kubernetes Terraform AWS

Cloud Infrastructure Freelancer

Self-Employed · Remote

Month YYYY – Present
  • Helped 3 early-stage startups migrate from bare-metal to AWS ECS/EKS clusters.
  • Built repeatable Terraform modules used across multiple client environments.
  • Implemented cost optimization strategies, saving clients an average of 30% on AWS bills.
AWS Terraform ECS/EKS Cost Optimization

Self-Directed DevOps Learning

Personal Projects & Homelab

YYYY – Present
  • Built and maintained a personal homelab with 3 Raspberry Pis running Kubernetes.
  • Completed 500+ hours of hands-on labs in AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
  • Published 10+ technical blog posts and GitHub repositories documenting DevOps projects.
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Education & Certifications

Formal education and industry-recognized credentials.

Education

Secondary Education (SEE / Grade 10)

School Leaving Certificate

School Name Here

Passed YYYY · GPA: X.XX / 4.0

Higher Secondary (+2 / Intermediate)

Science Stream — Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

School / College Name Here

YYYY – YYYY · Percentage / GPA: XX%

Bachelor of Technology / Science

Computer Science / Information Technology

University Name Here

YYYY – YYYY · GPA: X.X/10

Relevant coursework: Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Networking, Distributed Systems, Database Management.

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · Issued Mon YYYY

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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

CNCF · Issued Mon YYYY

Active View

HashiCorp Terraform Associate

HashiCorp · Issued Mon YYYY

In Progress View

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services · Issued Mon YYYY

Planned View

CKAD – Certified Kubernetes App Developer

CNCF · Issued Mon YYYY

Active View
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Get In Touch

Open to internships, entry-level DevOps roles, and freelance collaborations. Let's build something reliable together.

Location

Balkumari, Lalitpur, Nepal

Open to remote worldwide

Or email me directly at thagunnakapil97@gmail.com